{"id":49461,"date":"2023-05-13T22:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T21:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=49461"},"modified":"2023-05-13T16:03:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T15:03:48","slug":"in-pictures-51-becomes-latest-urbos100-to-enter-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=49461","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: 51 becomes latest Urbos100 to enter service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>13 may be unlucky for some but it was a lucky number for a time on Thursday 11<sup>th<\/sup> May on the West Midlands Metro as the thirteenth Urbos100 to carry passengers was used in service, albeit briefly. The tram to enter service for the first time was <strong>51<\/strong> which was one of two to be delivered in March.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>51<\/strong> arrived along with <strong>53<\/strong> a couple of months ago but priority had been given to commissioning the higher numbered tram and so appearances of <strong>51<\/strong> had been reported less frequently. But with <strong>53<\/strong> entering service on 24<sup>th<\/sup> April (although it now appears to have been sidelined) more attention was turned to getting <strong>51<\/strong> ready for action and after being passed over to the operational team it as used for the first time on 11<sup>th<\/sup> May.<\/p>\n<p>It was just a brief period in service with it thought to have only run one round trip before it was returned to depot.<\/p>\n<p>The entry into service of <strong>51<\/strong> came just a day after the latest tram was delivered to the West Midlands as <strong>57<\/strong> arrived on Wednesday 10<sup>th<\/sup> May.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_49462\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=49462\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49462\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49462\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49462\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/51-mc-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/51-mc-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/51-mc-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/51-mc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/51-mc.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">51 stands at Corporation Street on its first day in service. (Photograph by Mark Cufflin, 11th May 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_49484\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=49484\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49484\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49484\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49484\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2.51-aw-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">51 approaches Town Hall for Wolverhampton. (Photograph by Andy Walters, 11th May 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>13 may be unlucky for some but it was a lucky number for a time on Thursday 11th May on the West Midlands Metro as the thirteenth Urbos100 to carry passengers was used in service, albeit briefly. 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